Day 126

'Seemed Like an Idea', Pen and Marker on Paper

I've always been one of those people whose mind is overrun with ideas, thoughts and notions but I don't always make the most of them. Thinking about this recently one of the reasons being as I'm sure most of you will agree it's sometimes hard to decipher between what defines a good idea and what constitutes an idiotic one. As when you think about it all ideas seem to start off with that instance that normally sounds something along the lines of, 'wait a minute I've got a great idea', so all ideas there are inherently great in their conception. What then really marks the difference between a good idea and a bad one is none other than the passage of time... time allows us to reflect upon our brilliant scheme and see just how inconceivable it really is. This lends us to come to that similar conclusion all to often of,  'it seemed like a good idea at the time'. The issue then becomes that as we shoot down many of these ideas or have it done by another marksmen it begins to become increasingly more difficult to differentiate between a good idea and a bad one. As we allow ourselves to believe the idea to be idiotic before it's even had the time to gestate and gather momentum. The result is many of the ideas that we have that could actually end in something great become forgotten. It is important then that when we have an idea to dwell upon it a little longer... as although time can cause an idea to seem more daunting it can also allow us to figure out what to do next.